{"id":240154,"date":"2020-10-13T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T21:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=240154"},"modified":"2020-10-14T17:38:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:38:25","slug":"palestinian-prisoner-maher-al%e2%80%91akhras-12-oct-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/palestinian-prisoner-maher-al%e2%80%91akhras-12-oct-2020-daily-press-briefing-excerpts\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian Prisoner Maher al\u2011Akhras \u2013 12 Oct. 2020 Daily Press Briefing \u2013 (Excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
13 OCTOBER 2020<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today\u2019s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n

\/…<\/p>\n

**Questions and Answers<\/u><\/p>\n

Okay.\u00a0 Abdelhamid, you have a question.<\/p>\n

Question<\/u>:\u00a0 Thank you, Farhan.\u00a0 A Palestinian in detention \u2014 his name is Maher al\u2011Akhras \u2014 he has been on hunger strike for 79 days.\u00a0 His health is deteriorating by the hour.\u00a0 And his wife even went on hunger strike for the sixth day.\u00a0 He is a father of six, and he has been not accused of anything.\u00a0 He has been just in detention; no accusation has been directed against him.\u00a0 He was not put on trial.<\/p>\n

And why Mr. [Nickolay] Mladenov ignore this humanitarian cases and speak out against such inhuman treatment?<\/p>\n

Deputy Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 [mic muted]<\/p>\n

Correspondent<\/u>:\u00a0 I can’t hear you.<\/p>\n

Deputy Spokesman<\/u>:\u00a0 First of all, I’ll check whether Mr. Mladenov has anything specific to say about this case.\u00a0 We do raise questions, and our point of principle is that all those who are in detention must be promptly tried, and we will continue to press for due process in all such cases.<\/p>\n

\/…<\/p>\n

For information media. Not an official record.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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